Contact Information

Occupational Health Services

Certain workers are required under the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to have physicals, vaccinations, etc., depending on various exposures they may have. Please contact Carol Shafford at 474-5413 if you have questions, or to request authorization for occupational health services.

Below are examples of workers who may require occupational health services:

Frequently Asked Questions: Occupational Health Services

Call Tracey Martinson at 474-6671 to request an authorization. She will submit the authorization and provide you with any necessary paperwork. You can then call and schedule and appointment with our contract health provider.

Your medical records are kept with the current healthcare contractor. UAF is only given the minimal amount of documentation needed to qualify you for your job. For instance, if you received a medical exam at Alaska Occupation Health to wear a respirator, they would keep any medical information you discussed with them. They will only send UAF the form that says you are qualified to wear a respirator. If there are limitations to that qualification, they will also tell us what those limitations are. If we discontinued using that healthcare contractor, your records would be forwarded to the new contractor.

The records that are given to UAF are kept in a secured storage area by an authorized person (typically the person who approved your exam.) Facilities Services records are kept at the Personnel/Payroll office. Animal Care Workers exams are kept at the Office of Research Integrity. All other exams are kept at the EHS&RM office at the University Park Building, room 157.

After termination, records are kept for 30 years in a separate storage area (by the same department that kept them initially.) The records are secured and marked "Confidential."